Tag Archives: Parental responsibility

Well I am back from the abyss of work I have been plunged into post Baby P although despite statements to the effect that things are slowing down it is marginal. An interesting question has been exercising me: can a holder of a shared residence order take a child on holiday abroad without the consent…

I am a stepfather. I have been living with a woman who has 3 children for about 4 years. I have 2 children of my own who also live with us. We are about to get married. Will this give me parental responsibility for my partner’s children? Do I need parental responsibility? Getting married to…

Other agencies such as doctors and teachers are not always familiar with the rights of a non-resident parent. They may know they have legal responsibilities to share information but may have practical constraints. Schools, for example, may have a duty to inform parents (whether or not with parental responsibility) but they tend to take the…

Some thoughts and a brief answer – maybe not a lot. You already have the right to apply for permission to make section 8 applications ie for contact, residence, specific issue orders or prohibited steps orders. You can apply in care proceedings to become a party, and this is almost never refused. The court is…

In this post I will list the main orders that the court can make about children in private law cases (cases between family members as opposed to cases involving social services), with a brief explanation & links to some other websites and articles, and then gradually add posts dealing with each of the orders and…

The real point to consider is – will it really make a difference on a day-to-day basis? Will it cause difficulties that you either have to put up with anyway or ought to? Non-resident parents have a lot of separate rights, for example, under the Human Rights Act, by their ability to make an application…

Mothers are often very anxious about what it means for a father to have parental responsibility. Just to give a few examples: • Will the father interfere with her day-to-day life looking after the child by stopping me from dressing the child the way I want or feeding the child in a particular way?• Will…

This question is best answered by giving a few example of situations in which parents trying to share parental responsibility do not agree about the way a child should be brought up.In most cases, the court can be asked to make a decision when parents cannot agree. In most cases, the court will give very…

In UK family law, generally speaking an individual person with parental responsibility can make decisions about the child on their own, if need be. In fact, there are also many decisions which may be made by someone who is simply looking after a child. The Children Act 1989 says that any person who has care…

Here is what the Judges have said in favour of parental responsibility: Lord Justice Balcombe (in Re G (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility Order) 1994 1 FLR 504): “The purpose of a parental responsibility order is to give the unmarried father a ‘locus standi’ in the child’s life by conferring on him the rights which would…